Threat actors and malicious hackers have been targeting gamers with malware for quite some time, as they can be easy targets who download and run strange things from the internet all the time. Such was the case with a trojanized Super Mario game earlier this year that could have stolen information, run ransomware, or other nefarious actions.

Source: Hot Hardware – Valve Bolsters Security After Hackers Infected Steam Games With Malware

With the recent acquisition of Fakespot, Mozilla is looking to improve Firefox’s user experience by tracking fake reviews on popular online shopping sites such as Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. Reports reveal that Mozilla has integrated this capability into Firefox and testing it currently. The feature will become available for everyone starting

Source: Hot Hardware – Firefox Tests A Great New Security Tool To Expose Fake Product Reviews, Try It Now

Folks who have been around the hardware scene for a while will likely recall that NVIDIA used to release new GPUs every year, even if they weren’t necessarily a new architecture. This went on for quite some time, but in the last decade or so, ever since the relatively-long gap between the Maxwell-based GeForce GTX 900 series and the Pascal-powered

Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA Roadmap Hints At An Annual GPU Architecture Release Cadence

Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro: Starting at $699.99 and $999.99 Google’s latest Pixel phones are the smartest smartphones in town. Brighter, flatter screens Seven years of OS updates Useful AI camera features and pro photo mode Refined, attractive design Faster charging Pro camera controls arbitrarily limited to Pixel 8 Pro $100 price bump…

Source: Hot Hardware – Pixel 8 And Pixel 8 Pro Review: Artificially Intelligent, Naturally Elegant

If you saw that headline and thought, “but wait, DDR5-7200 has been around a while now,” remember that almost all of the DDR DIMMs that you buy as an end user are overclocked. When you buy a G.SKILL or Teamgroup memory kit that’s rated for DDR4-4000, DDR5-6400, or DDR5-7200, you’re almost assuredly buying a kit with memory ICs that weren’t

Source: Hot Hardware – Micron Starts Shipping Blistering 7200MT/S DDR5 Built On Cutting-Edge 1-Beta Tech

Adobe shared a sneak peek at its upcoming AI-powered Stardust project that aims to make photo editing a breeze during its MAX conference this week. Stardust is powered by Firefly Model 2 and is available to try out now.

Adobe has been making advancements by incorporating AI into its products, creating software that significantly enhances

Source: Hot Hardware – Adobe Teases AI-Powered Project Stardust To Make Photo Editing A Breeze

The technological cold war between the US and China has seen massive trade restrictions placed on electronics, particularly high-end GPUs for datacenters but even components as basic as memory. This has naturally led the US and China to close off their respective computing markets, and one of the next targets appears to be RISC-V International,

Source: Hot Hardware – RISC-V Issues Open Standards Warning As US Lawmakers Mull Restrictions

Earlier in the year, Google implemented support for passkeys in its products to help move folks away from traditional passwords. In theory, this should make people more secure and have an easier time signing into their accounts, and as such, Google is making it the default means of signing in across personal Google accounts.
Trying to remember

Source: Hot Hardware – Kiss Your Passwords Goodbye As Google Shifts To More Secure Passkeys

Amazon Prime Day deals are underway, and gamers have reason to rejoice as gaming laptops are on the list for big savings. Save on great deals from companies like ASUS, MSI, and Acer.

ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 Gaming Laptop
The ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15-inch gaming laptop is a beast for gaming and productivity. It has an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Source: Hot Hardware – Save Up To 41% Off Gaming Laptops From ASUS, MSI, Razer And More For Prime Day

Do you know what would have gotten my 15-year-old me totally jazzed? Having my own home arcade rather than lugging a fistful of quarters to the local co-op joint (RIP Malibu Grand Prix in Rowland Heights, CA). I’m a fistful of decades older now, but the concept of an in-home arcade still gets me jazzed. If it does you as well, then check out

Source: Hot Hardware – Save Your Quarters And Build The Ultimate Home Arcade With These Arcade1Up Deals

The budget gaming GPU space has been the last to add some interesting options this generation, with emphasis going towards the pricey high-end from manufacturers. Things are changing for the better, though, with the $179 MSRP Intel Arc A580 adding to the family line of the Arc A750 and A770. This new sub-$200 GPU promises to shake up the entry

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Unveils Arc A580 GPU For 9, A New Budget Gaming Champ?

It finally happened—Sony took the wraps off a new PlayStation console, though it’s not a more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro. Instead, Sony launched the inevitable PlayStation 5 Slim refresh in both Blu-ray and Digital (disc-less) form, both of which are built around a thinner and lighter form factor while retaining the same overall design language.

According

Source: Hot Hardware – Sony’s PS5 Slim Will Arrive In Time For Christmas With Some Key Changes

Long-lived system information and benchmark app AIDA64 just received a beta update featuring a plethora of new hardware support, ranging from new GPUs, motherboard sensors, and CPUs. One of the most noteworthy additions in the patch is preliminary support for Intel’s future CPU lineup codenamed Panther Lake.
AIDA64 is one of the first applications

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Panther Lake CPU Breaks Cover In App Update, What We Know So Far

Do play Counter-Strike? If you read this website regularly, there is a very good chance that, even if you don’t play CS anymore now, you probably did at some point. However, there’s a pretty low chance that you frequently played Counter-Strike in any of its incarnations on a Mac.

That’s the ultimate reason that CS2 is not going to be available

Source: Hot Hardware – Valve Shoots Down Hopes Of Playing Counter-Strike 2 On Mac, Here’s Why

Amazon Prime deals are out, and the company is bringing the rain across the board, especially in the electronics department. If you need a new TV for a den or living room, right now might be a great time to grab one at any size and price point.

55”-Class

Kicking things off in the 55” class of TVs we have the TCL 55-inch Class S4 4K at

Source: Hot Hardware – Amazon Prime Day TV Blowout Sale, Deals Up To 47% Off LG, Samsung, Sony And More

A lot of truly awesome PC games have come out over the last two years. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Baldur’s Gate 3, Lies of P, the System Shock remake, Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, the Dead Space remake, Elden Ring, Remnant 2, Street Fighter 6, Dying Light 2, Starfield,

Source: Hot Hardware – Build A Killer Gaming PC For Under 00 With These Amazon Prime Day Deals

Qualcomm is introducing a new naming convention under its Snapdragon brand, as it looks to make a more aggressive entrance into the intelligent PC space. It’s called Snapdragon X series and while details are light at the moment, we can expect new architectures and platforms geared towards always-connected (5G) mobile PC experiences. It also

Source: Hot Hardware – Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon X As It Preps Game-Changing CPUs To Challenge x86 And Mac

In a galaxy far, far away, a sale of immeasurable savings took place. Well, not so far away, but great savings during Amazon Prime Days can be had on Amazon Echo Dots, Fire tablets, and Kindle Readers.

Amazon Darth Vader Echo Dot Bundle
Star Wars fans will be enamored with this Darth Vader Echo Dot that has Vader’s eyes light up each time

Source: Hot Hardware – The Force Is Strong With This Darth Vador Echo Dot And Other Amazon Hardware Deals

In a galaxy far, far away, a sale of immeasurable savings took place. Well, not so far away, but great savings during Amazon Prime Days can be had on Amazon Echo Dots, Fire tablets, and Kindle Readers.

Amazon Darth Vader Echo Dot Bundle
Star Wars fans will be enamored with this Darth Vader Echo Dot that has Vader’s eyes light up each time

Source: Hot Hardware – The Force Is Strong With This Darth Vader Echo Dot And Other Amazon Hardware Deals

There’s nothing more exciting about PC building than when it’s time for the mighty graphics card. The last few years have certainly been a roller coaster ride of availability and pricing changes, however. These uncertainties can easily confuse even the most seasoned PC builders. As we approach the holiday shopping season, retailers are well…

Source: Hot Hardware – How To Find The Best Value In Gaming GPUs This Holiday Shopping Season